Chapter 331 [Silver Apple Mother Tree] The Key to Promotion

With one Space Law Fruit and two Primary Space Law Crystals, Song Chi's speed of understanding the laws is countless times faster than when he was in the Dragon Ridge Secret Realm.

In just two days, his understanding of the laws increased from 0.36% to 0.42%. This understanding of the laws can actually be ranked in the upper middle among all cruiser captains with divine thoughts in the entire Xinhuo human civilization territory.

Although this ranking is not very high, the key point is that it has only been more than ten years since Song Chi's guidance technique broke through the third level and controlled the divine thoughts, but it is already comparable to the cruiser captains who have understood the laws for hundreds or even two hundred years.

So the ranking is far from the point. The key is that Song Chi still controls a lot of time, and there are infinite possibilities in the future.

In addition, don't forget that what he comprehended is the law of space, which is very different from the ordinary law of the sea of ​​stars.

As his thoughts flowed, the law of space quickly condensed around him, and soon a mini illusory dragon whale emerged.

Song Chi was getting familiar with his own soaring power of space law.

At the same time, deep in his mind, Song Chi was also carefully sensing his own law assimilation. This third law fruit once again greatly improved his assimilation progress with the Star Sea Law. It was estimated that in about four years, he would be able to completely complete the assimilation.

"When the remaining two [Space Law Fruits] are all used, the Star Sea Law assimilation should be completely completed..."

Song Chi sighed instinctively in his heart.

Speaking of the remaining two [Space Law Fruits], he thought of the specific effect of the third [Space Law Fruit], which only increased his law perception by 0.06%.

And remember that the perception increased by the first two [Law Fruits] was 0.1% and 0.08% respectively. In this way, maybe using two or three more [Law Fruits] will reach the top, and this [Space Law Fruit] will no longer have any effect on him.

This is obviously not good news.

After a soft sigh, Song Chi quickly turned around and stopped worrying about gains and losses.

Carefully calculated, this [Space Law Fruit] has successively increased his perception by 0.24%. Counting the number of fruits that can be used later, the final value should stay at about 0.3%.

Without counting the blessing of the Dragon Ridge Secret Realm, normally, 0.3% of the perception of the Space Law requires at least 90 years of continuous perception.

In other words, this [Space Law Fruit] has silently saved Song Chi nearly a hundred years of time. Calculated by the subsequent 15-fold amplitude, it is 4.5% of the perception of the Space Law. In this way, what is there to be dissatisfied about?

After thinking this through, Song Chi quickly regained his composure, but he did not rush to use the remaining two [Space Law Fruits] in his hand. He had to adapt to the current skyrocketing Space Law.

...

In a flash, it was two months later.

In the personal manor of Tianchong Valley, Song Chi's mind had just returned from the powerful effect of the fourth [Space Law Fruit].

This fourth [Space Law Fruit] only increased his perception by 0.04%, but it also brought his Space Law to 0.46%.

Just when Song Chi was happy, the quantum communication bracelet in his hand suddenly sent a message prompt.

Turning his head, he saw that it was Wang Zhen who sent the message, and his eyebrows raised.

"Wang Zhen... Is there any accident in the sale of war materials?"

A month ago, Song Chi, who purchased a large amount of materials from the goblin Luke and the Zhutian Market, handed them all over to Wang Zhen the next day. As a captain who has been in the Morning Star Yanglu for hundreds of years, Wang Zhen naturally has some special channels of his own.

Especially after his ship was promoted to the Zhulu Ship, with the [Wolf Howl Tiger Roar] as a backup, his personal identity and related channels have been further improved. In the past month, he has earned a lot of floating land origin for Song Chi by selling war materials.

If there is really a problem with the war material sales channel, Song Chi will definitely not be able to accept it.

"What's wrong?"

The other party was holding a quantum communication bracelet, which Song Chi had specially applied for from the family. It allowed the two to communicate remotely at will without worrying about information leakage.

As for the Xinhuo network, although it is more convenient and more powerful, some people with special permissions can peek at the screen from a distance, and the information cannot be kept absolutely confidential.

A reply came from Wang Zhen soon, but it gave Song Chi a false alarm.

"It's nothing serious. The main thing is that I got some news about the Morning Star Black Market. There will be a large-scale auction in the black market in three days. I want to ask Your Highness if you are interested!"

Hearing this reply, Song Chi subconsciously refused.

But after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed.

As the largest black market in the Morning Star Principality, he had heard that the Morning Star Black Market was very large and the amount of resources it consumed every day was extraordinary.

And as a large-scale auction in it, there is a high probability that many good things will appear.

Based on this, he agreed.

The configurations on the Sky are indeed luxurious, but not all of them are available. For example, the components such as the Warrior Tree are still equipped with the [Fire Sunflower Warrior Tree]. It would be good to go and take a look. Maybe you can find the components that the Sky needs now.

…

Three days later, with the help of the "ever-changing" and "mirage" characteristics of the [Mirage Dragon Pearl] component, the Sky left the Tianchong Valley quietly.

After successfully joining up with the [Wolf Howl Tiger Roar], the two warships rushed to the entrance of the Morning Star Black Market.

After all, it is a black market. Although it involves a lot, it is impossible to be opened so blatantly in the Holy Star City.

The location of the entrance to the Morning Star Black Market is more than 0.5 light years away from the Holy Star City.

After a space jump, the two warships finally arrived at their destination.

"Is this... the entrance to the secret realm?"

Looking at the familiar space vortex channel in the distance, Song Chi's eyes were full of surprise.

Before, he had only heard of the Morning Star Black Market, and he really didn't know much about it.

Now it seems that this black market is indeed quite impressive, and it actually uses a Star Sea Secret Realm as a black market trading venue.

In the communication group chat, Wang Zhen respectfully replied:

"Yes, it's just a lowest-level broken secret realm, and the original environment in it has long been completely destroyed!"

At the entrance of the black market, black market compliance personnel stopped the two warships.

Of course, it was not to check the identities of [Sky] and [Wolf Howl Tiger Howl], but to inform the two that after entering the black market, their personal ships must be taken back, which is the rule of the black market.

Song Chi and the others did not care too much, and the two warships quickly sank into the space vortex channel in front.

As Wang Zhen said, this secret realm that served as a black market trading place was indeed just a lowest-level broken secret realm. It was unknown what it had experienced. The floating land fragment in the original secret realm almost collapsed and was shattered by the terrifying power.

The exchange in the secret realm now exists on the kind of aerial mechanical platform that has been artificially spliced.

[Wolf Howl Tiger Howl] and the Sky, which was renamed [White Cloud] after the "ever-changing" characteristics, hovered in the platform's specific warship docking area, and then the two people's fire ancestral orifices were quickly taken back.

Later, Song Chi, wearing a bionic skin mask, began to wander around the entire trading platform under the leadership of Wang Zhen.

Although it was manually spliced, the trading platform under his feet is still very large. At a glance, the number of Xinhuo captains accommodated on it will not be less than five figures.

A large number of customers has in turn created the bustling market of the black market today.

Following Wang Zhen through various shops and stalls, Song Chi saw a variety of items.

The most of them are the various war materials that are very popular now, and the other is the shipborne parts of various qualities.

However, although there are many things, they are basically ordinary things. Song Chi visited dozens or hundreds of shops along the way, but did not see any items that caught his attention too much.

As if sensing his gradually fading interest, Wang Zhen beside him explained:

"These are all ordinary goods. If you really want some top-quality ones, you have to wait for the subsequent black market auction, or you have to try your luck in that kind of "red shop."

"Red shop?"

Song Chi was puzzled. This was the first time he heard this word.

Wang Zhen explained:

"Your Highness, the Red Shop is the name given by people in the circle. In fact, it is a place that specializes in selling all kinds of "stolen goods."

When Song Chi heard the word "stolen goods", he suddenly realized.

Morning Star Yanglu is so vast that no one knows how many Xinhuo captains there are. With such a large number of people, it is naturally impossible to say that they all get along well. There are naturally various conflicts.

As a result, all kinds of stolen goods will appear. Some of them are not easy to load directly, so they will be taken to the black market.

Song Chi thought about it.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Although he didn't have much hope, the auction would be a few hours later, so he might as well go and have a look.

The trading platform is in the northeast, Mohe Shop.

As soon as he walked into the door of the shop, Wang Zhen immediately said the corresponding code.

Then he and Song Chi entered a secret door on the inside of the shop.

After entering the secret door, Song Chi felt that the scene in front of him suddenly changed, and objects with various colors of brilliance were introduced into his eyes one after another.

With a quick glance, Song Chi discovered that this small closed secret room contained hundreds of various rare items.

Except for a small number of blue parts, most of them were purple parts, and there were even parts flashing orange.

Wang Zhen's explanation soon came to his ears.

"Your Highness, this is the largest red shop in the black market. It is said that there are many fourth-level senior chasing warships behind it."

Song Chi nodded lightly without showing any abnormality.

And around this closed secret room, several Xinhuo captains standing in the corner also showed surprise on their faces.

Among them, there was a fourth-level Xinhuo captain, and the others were also senior cruiser captains. Among them, the fourth-level Xinhuo captain was the boss behind this red shop.

They were not unfamiliar with Wang Zhen, a frequent visitor, and they also knew that Wang Zhen's ship had been promoted to Zhulu, and its status was no longer the same as before. However, it was precisely because of this that the words "Your Highness" from Wang Zhen's mouth made them feel even more suspicious.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes shifted to Song Chi, who was beside Wang Zhen, with a look of inquiry in their eyes.

Wang Zhen, who had half a foot officially stepped into the position of captain of Zhulu, respectfully called him Your Highness. Obviously, Song Chi, who had always seemed ordinary, could not have a simple identity.

Song Chi ignored these looks, and his eyes moved over all the strange objects in the secret room.

Compared to the ordinary parts in the outside world, there are indeed some valuable things in these stolen goods, but for now, he has not seen any parts that are too eye-catching.

Seeing that he was checking by himself, the others did not make any noise to disturb him, and the whole secret room was silent.

After about a few minutes, Song Chi finally found a very special part.

Virus spore repellent membrane lv0

Quality: purple

Features: Can isolate the star sea virus level +1

Consumption: 7/s (pseudo-energy points)

Effect: The loaded warship obtains a layer of virus isolation membrane, which can currently isolate the first-level (zero-level +1) strength of the star sea spore virus.

No need to charge and buffer

Upgrade requirements: 7 strands of floating land origin (zero-level), 700 pseudo-energy points

This is a part similar to the [water molecule isolation membrane], but it isolates the star sea virus spores.

The Broken Star Sea is vast and boundless, and there are countless special star fields that may appear in it, and there are many star fields full of spore viruses.

Although the Sky has not encountered it yet, Song Chi has always been the kind of person who takes precautions before it happens.

"What's the price of this purple part?"

Seeing that his rather mysterious prince finally spoke, the red shop owner quickly gave a quote.

"Rare isolation-type special parts, 20 strands of fourth-level floating land origin!"

Without Song Chi speaking, Wang Zhen beside him said coldly:

"20 strands of fourth-level floating land origin, Third Boss, your price can't be called unkind, ordinary purple parts, but only 5 strands of fourth-level floating land origin!"

The fourth-level red shop owner's face remained unchanged.

"Old Wang, you also said that that is the price of ordinary purple parts."

As one of the owners of the largest red shops in the black market, the intelligence of his subordinates is naturally not bad, and Wang Zhen's identity is not a secret in front of him.

Wang Zhen wanted to say something, but Song Chi said in a calm voice:

"10 strands!"

This price is the limit he can accept. If the other party is still unwilling, Song Chi will turn around and leave without hesitation.

However, the other party seemed to have seen his attitude, and agreed after a moment of hesitation.

After accepting the purple [Virus Spore Repellent Membrane] component, Song Chi did not stay any longer and took Wang Zhen to leave the red shop directly. There was no more component that interested him here.

What Song Chi did not know was that as the two of them left, the owner of the "Mohe" red shop immediately mobilized the energy in his hands to investigate his identity.

But even if he knew, Song Chi would not care.

From beginning to end, his relationship with Wang Zhen had not been exposed at all, and with the [Mirage Dragon Wanhua Pearl] component, no matter which force wanted to investigate him, it was doomed to be in vain.

Of course, forces with special golden cave virtual components are excluded.

In the face of such components, even the [Mirage Dragon Wanhua Pearl] cannot escape.

After the Mohe Red Shop, Wang Zhen took Song Chi to visit several other smaller red shops, but the results were not satisfactory, and he did not encounter any components that Song Chi was satisfied with.

While the two were strolling around, the black market auction finally began.

This auction was a little unusual. It was held right in the middle of the trading platform. There was no specific auction venue. It was held outdoors, and all the Xinhuo captains in the black market could bid.

And interestingly, the auction method was very different from normal auctions, and there was no so-called bidding process.

Each item brought out by the black market had a 10-minute bidding time, and all the Xinhuo captains in the black market could bid. After 10 minutes, the black market would select one person from all the bidders as the winner.

Song Chi was not unfamiliar with this new auction method, which was very similar to the auctions of [Market Doorman Order] and [Market Walking Order] at the end of every market transaction.

Just thinking about it, the manager behind the black market had already taken out the first item.

[Strange Item: Burning Heart Flame]

[Quality: Orange]

[Transformable: {Xinhuo Seed Upgraded to Fire Source}]

[Note: A wisp of strange fire derived from the Red Flame Demon Realm after thousands of years, with multiple uses. 】

After directly displaying the attribute panel of this orange fire seed wonder, the black market manager continued:

"This [Heart Burning Flame] is an upgraded orange fire source of the best quality. It can upgrade the purple fire seed to the orange fire seed at most. Its value is comparable to some red wonders. Now, everyone can quote on the quoter. In ten minutes, we will select the most suitable person from all the bidders to trade."

The opening was the orange fire source of the best quality. As expected, the entire trading platform was in an uproar, followed by a large number of quotes.

Even Song Chi was also somewhat tempted.

Although he personally could not use it, his grandfather, parents, and grandma all needed it.

Looking at Wang Zhen beside him, there was an obvious fiery look in his eyes.

But it soon turned into helplessness.

In order to upgrade [Wolf Howl Tiger Roar], he had almost spent all his funds, and there was no way he could get this [Heart Burning Flame] at the moment.

Without paying much attention to Wang Zhen's expression, Song Chi thought for a moment and then typed "one orange main gun + one fourth-level silver apple + one top-grade dragon blood fruit" on the quotation machine in his hand.

He actually had a red energy shield from Anderson's ship, but he felt it was not worth it, so he didn't take it out.

The orange top-grade upgraded fire source is said to be comparable to red wonders, but that refers to red wonders that cannot be converted into shipboard parts, and cannot be compared with real red parts.

Ten minutes later, the final result came out. Song Chi did not become the lucky one. The Xinhuo captain who successfully exchanged for this ray of [Burning Heart Flame] took out a red quality main gun, with a premium of nearly double.

Song Chi did not react much to this. He did not have much hope from the beginning, and he could naturally accept it now.

After the first auction item, the second auction item soon appeared.

This time it was no longer a Star Sea Wonder, but an extremely depressed giant ape Star Sea alien.

"This is a fourth-level long-armed demon ape. In its heyday, it had a senior fourth-level combat power. Now its injuries can ensure that the purple-level slave parts can be successfully enslaved. A fourth-level slave creature is believed to be able to provide sufficient security guarantees in the subsequent large-scale development war, and it can also be used to plunder more resources. Okay, you can start bidding!"

...

Song Chi was not very interested in this long-armed demon ape.

It's not that he looked down on a fourth-level slave combat power, but he felt that there was no need to waste this money.

The great development war is coming, and the war materials on the family side have been prepared in advance. There will definitely be arrangements for the safety of the clan members below.

For a family sequence like him, when he returns to the Dragon Ridge Continent, he will most likely be assigned a fourth-level slave unit provided by the family free of charge.

However, his lack of interest does not mean that others are the same.

Noticing the fiery gaze of Wang Zhen beside him, Song Chi quickly thought of the shabbyness of his contracted slave. There was only one piece of orange hull armor on the entire Zhulu ship.

After a moment of silence, he whispered:

"Do you want this long-armed demon ape?"

Seeing Wang Zhen nod embarrassedly, he asked again.

"What can I take out of my body?"

After thinking for a while, Song Chi decided to help Wang Zhen take down this long-armed demon ape. After all, there are still many places where it will be needed in the future. If it is easily killed, it is not good.

Wang Zhen's face was full of surprise, and he quickly said:

"5 strands of fourth-level floating land origin, 75 strands of third-level..."

"Stop!"

Seeing that he had the intention of reporting all his wealth, Song Chi quickly interrupted him.

A few seconds later, he took out two thousand-year-old dragon blood fruits + 20 strands of fourth-level floating land origin and handed them to Wang Zhen.

"Try to see if you can take it down yourself!"

He still had more than 20 thousand-year-old dragon blood fruits in his hand, so taking out two would not be a problem. The fourth-level floating land origin can now be synthesized by the [Spiritual Machine Synthesis Platform], so it is not too short of it.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wang Zhen took it excitedly, and at the same time, his eyes looking at Song Chi became more and more determined.

Soon, Wang Zhen successfully bid for this fourth-level long-armed demon ape, and even before he had used up all his funds, he only took out 1 ten-thousand-year-old dragon blood fruit + 15 strands of the fourth-level floating land origin.

The captain Xinhuo who commissioned the auction of the long-armed demon ape might be quite old, so he agreed directly after seeing the ten-thousand-year-old dragon blood fruit.

Wang Zhen later wanted to return the remaining ten-thousand-year-old dragon blood fruit and 10 strands of the fourth-level floating land origin, but Song Chi waved his hand and refused.

"Take it to exchange for other things you need. The configuration on your ship is really too low, so you should spend more time on it!"

...

As time passed, the black market management took out a large number of auction items one after another.

These things are of good value. The worst are purple-quality parts, and occasionally there are a few orange-quality parts in the middle.

Among them, Wang Zhen was really lucky. With the help of the ten thousand year dragon blood fruit and 10 strands of the fourth-level floating land origin, he won another orange-quality super main gun, which made up for the lack of firepower for the [Wolf Howl Tiger Roar].

However, Song Chi's mind was far from being so good. Except for the initial strand of [Burning Heart Flame], there were no more items that made him excited, which made him very disappointed.

Finally, after the auction of another purple top-quality component was completed, the black market management officially announced that it had entered the final stage.

There were only three items in this finale.

The first one was a low-level law crystal of earth attribute.

For the Xinhuo captains who had comprehended the law of earth, this low-level law crystal of earth attribute undoubtedly caused a lot of shock.

In the end, it was bought by someone with 10 strands of the fifth-level floating land origin.

Song Chi still did not bid. As a space law, this earth attribute law crystal was of no use to him.

However, the penultimate item that appeared immediately afterwards gave him a big surprise.

It is a half-step fifth-level starry sky plant tree heart.

"This is a half-step fifth-level [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart]. As the original tree heart of the starry sky plant, it should have a very strong life-extending effect, but the desolate power of the desolate ancient tree itself affects this, so that this tree heart has no life-extending power.

But after all, it is a half-step fifth-level starry sky plant tree heart, and it still has many functions. I won't go into details here. You can bid now!"

When this tree heart first appeared, it did attract the attention of many Xinhuo captains, but when they knew that it had no life-extending effect, most people lost interest.

However, what surprised Song Chi was that with the appearance of this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart], a sudden change came from the Xinhuo Zuqiao between his eyebrows.

Originally, he had little interest in this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart], but with this abnormality, his mind suddenly became heavy.

His mind sank into the ancestral orifice of the fire, and soon Song Chi found the source of the abnormality.

Just like the neutron star debris he encountered before, the mini version of the Sky was still trembling this time.

Of course, this time it was no longer the [Neutron Star Core Armor] component, but another component in the Sky.

[Chicang's No. 004 Cultivation Secret Realm]?

Feeling the source of the trembling in the mini Sky, Song Chi was surprised.

He never thought it would be this component, but soon he found that it was not the [Chicang's No. 004 Cultivation Secret Realm] component that was trembling, but the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] inside this component.

After getting this answer, Song Chi instantly thought of a lot of things.

"It turned out that the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] reacted to this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart]? Could it be that this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart] is the key to its promotion to the fifth level?"

This is what Song Chi thought of the first time.

There is no way. It has been a long time since the [Chicang's No. 004 Cultivation Secret Realm] component was strengthened to the fifth level, but the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] in it has never had any intention of promotion. For this reason, Song Chi has been troubled for a long time. He has also considered various reasons, but he has not got the answer he wants.

So, when the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] moved, Song Chi immediately associated it with the promotion to the fifth level.

Suppressing his excited and chaotic thoughts, Song Chi calmed himself down, and at the same time, he thought about what he could take out to trade for this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart].

Since it may be the key to the promotion of the [Silver Apple Mother Tree], he must take this [Desolate Ancient Tree Heart].

The value of the [Silver Apple Mother Tree] is too great. Once it returns to the fifth level, combined with the characteristics of the "Secret Realm Accelerator", it will be able to continuously produce orange wonders in the future. If it can return to the sixth level in the future, it will be able to continuously produce red wonders. For this reason alone, even if there is only a slight possibility, he must take action.

Thinking about it, Song Chi had an answer in his mind.

He took out the quotation machine and quickly typed the following words in it.

"Red energy shield [Red Dome Shield] or three ten thousand year dragon blood fruits!"

After giving the quotation, he began to wait quietly.

PS: Two-in-one chapter, there should be another chapter later.